# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百三十六条 (Article 236) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-236. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 家事事件手続法 (Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act), 平成二十三年法律第五十二号 - English title "Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二百三十六条 (Article 236)（陳述及び意見の聴取） — address `art-236` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-236 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-236 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百三十六条（陳述及び意見の聴取） — (Hearing Statements and Opinions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-236 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-236 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-236 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、都道府県の措置についての承認、都道府県の措置の期間の更新についての承認又は児童相談所長若しくは都道府県知事の引き続いての一時保護についての承認の申立てについての審判をする場合には、申立てが不適法であるとき又は申立てに理由がないことが明らかなときを除き、前条に規定する者（児童にあっては、十五歳以上のものに限る。）の陳述を聴かなければならない。 art-236/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-236/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-236/par-1 When making a ruling on a petition for the approval of a measure taken by a prefecture, the approval of a renewal of the period for a measure taken by a prefecture, or the approval of continued temporary custody by a child guidance center's director or prefectural governor, the family court must hear statements from the persons prescribed in the preceding Article (in the case of a child, limited to a child of 15 years of age or older), except when the petition is unlawful or the petition is clearly groundless. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、家庭裁判所は、申立人に対し、児童を現に監護する者、児童に対し親権を行う者及び児童の未成年後見人の陳述に関する意見を求めることができる。 art-236/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-236/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-236/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the family court may seek the opinion of the petitioner concerning the statements from a person who actually cares for a child, a person who exercises parental authority over a child, and a guardian of a minor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第百六十四条の二第六項及び第八項の規定は、児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判事件について準用する。 art-236/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-236/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-236/par-3 The provisions of Article 164-2, paragraphs (6) and (8) apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of a child guidance center. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 164-2, paragraphs (6) and (8) applies mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of a child guidance center." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-236/par-1: 前条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百三十五条 (Article 235), art-235 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-235 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-235 - art-236/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百三十六条第一項 (Article 236, paragraph (1)), art-236/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-236/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-236/par-1 - art-236/par-3: 第百六十四条の二第六項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6)), art-164-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6 - art-236/par-3: 第八項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第八項 (Article 164-2, paragraph (8)), art-164-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-8 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百三十六条第二項（陳述及び意見の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-236/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-236/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 家事事件手続法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 236, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05